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Thursday, July 23, 2009
Uncle Bear and the Big Blue House
My brother, Aaron (we call him Bear), is coming “home” to visit for the weekend. He lives in Denver and has for quite a few years. He doesn’t come back to ND very often, so when he does, we all are excited to see him. He missed the family Christmas this past year, so it’s been about a year and a half since we’ve seen him. My parents have been down there to see him, but Jon, our kids and I haven’t.
Last week Karli asked whose birthday was next in our family. Megan said Nate (August 30) and I reminded them that Uncle Bear’s comes first (August 21). We decided that since we never get to celebrate his birthday with him, we should have a birthday party this weekend. The girls texted him from my phone:
Girls: We want to have a birthday party when you’re here. Do you want cake?
Bear: Whose b-day?
Girls: YOURS. Do you want cake?
Bear: Sure.
Girls: Chocolate, vanilla, marble, Dora, Barbie, Barney?
Bear: Surprise me.
So, we thought about a theme and since he is “Uncle Bear” we went with Bear in the Big Blue House (even though his house is actually beige). The graphic I found had six other characters sitting with Bear so it’s perfect. Then each of the six kids can be a character on the cake as well.
I had a little trouble with the heat and humidity in my house so the frosting wasn’t setting up as nice as it should and I was getting impatient so my template didn’t work. I think it turned out pretty cool, though, anyway.
Last week Karli asked whose birthday was next in our family. Megan said Nate (August 30) and I reminded them that Uncle Bear’s comes first (August 21). We decided that since we never get to celebrate his birthday with him, we should have a birthday party this weekend. The girls texted him from my phone:
Girls: We want to have a birthday party when you’re here. Do you want cake?
Bear: Whose b-day?
Girls: YOURS. Do you want cake?
Bear: Sure.
Girls: Chocolate, vanilla, marble, Dora, Barbie, Barney?
Bear: Surprise me.
So, we thought about a theme and since he is “Uncle Bear” we went with Bear in the Big Blue House (even though his house is actually beige). The graphic I found had six other characters sitting with Bear so it’s perfect. Then each of the six kids can be a character on the cake as well.
I had a little trouble with the heat and humidity in my house so the frosting wasn’t setting up as nice as it should and I was getting impatient so my template didn’t work. I think it turned out pretty cool, though, anyway.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Proud Mom
Wow - 3 1/2 months since a post. Oops. Since joining Facebook I've neglected my blog...
Anyway, here is my new post:
I have many reasons in my life to be proud of my children. Here are just a few:
Karli was chosen from her choir of about 60 kids to be a model for the Singing in Style style show last weekend. She wore a beautiful (but itchy) honeydew melon colored dress. She did a fabulous job struttin' her stuff on stage in front of about 300 people. Awesome!!
Megan's jazz dance team placed third in a competition in Moorhead last weekend. The other teams were very good so it was a tough category. Way to go, Just for Kix!!
Nate was in freestyle wrestling for March and April. On his first day of practice with this team, he was awarded a Hardest Worker medal. They aren't given out very often so it was quite an honor. At tournaments he placed fifth (usually out of five kids), but still had fun and worked hard. Then a couple weeks ago he earned another Hardest Worker medal at practice. That means more to me than winning first place in every tournament. Excellent!!
Karli and Nate are auditioning for Shade Tree Players this Saturday. Nate's a little nervous, but will do fine. Karli is excited to be the big sister at play practice this summer. I'll let you know which show they are cast in when we find out.
Megan auditioned and got a callback for Sleepy Hollow Summer Theater. We found out yesterday that she was cast as Nikko for Wizard of Oz. From what I can find, Nikko is the head of the Flying Monkeys. This is the 20th season of Sleepy Hollow. It is an outdoor theater. I was in the first season and a lot has changed in 19 years. But it's very cool to have her in the show and I'll be there to watch her shine. Woooooo Hoooooo!!
Anyway, here is my new post:
I have many reasons in my life to be proud of my children. Here are just a few:
Karli was chosen from her choir of about 60 kids to be a model for the Singing in Style style show last weekend. She wore a beautiful (but itchy) honeydew melon colored dress. She did a fabulous job struttin' her stuff on stage in front of about 300 people. Awesome!!
Megan's jazz dance team placed third in a competition in Moorhead last weekend. The other teams were very good so it was a tough category. Way to go, Just for Kix!!
Nate was in freestyle wrestling for March and April. On his first day of practice with this team, he was awarded a Hardest Worker medal. They aren't given out very often so it was quite an honor. At tournaments he placed fifth (usually out of five kids), but still had fun and worked hard. Then a couple weeks ago he earned another Hardest Worker medal at practice. That means more to me than winning first place in every tournament. Excellent!!
Karli and Nate are auditioning for Shade Tree Players this Saturday. Nate's a little nervous, but will do fine. Karli is excited to be the big sister at play practice this summer. I'll let you know which show they are cast in when we find out.
Megan auditioned and got a callback for Sleepy Hollow Summer Theater. We found out yesterday that she was cast as Nikko for Wizard of Oz. From what I can find, Nikko is the head of the Flying Monkeys. This is the 20th season of Sleepy Hollow. It is an outdoor theater. I was in the first season and a lot has changed in 19 years. But it's very cool to have her in the show and I'll be there to watch her shine. Woooooo Hoooooo!!
Friday, January 9, 2009
From the mouth of a child
Last weekend we went for brunch after church with my parents. We were at Minerva's (Kelly Inn). They have an awesome Sunday buffet, by the way. We were talking about my dad taking some Realtor classes at that hotel when we still lived in Fargo and how he sat poolside for part of it.
Nate looked very puzzled and said, "This is a HOTEL????" We all giggled and said of course, they just have a restaurant that we can come to and they have a pool, meeting rooms and sleeping rooms. He was just amazed. He said, "I didn't know there were hotels in Bismarck!"
Makes sense, I guess. We never stay in a hotel in Bismarck and we haven't had company except to stay at our house for a long time.
Too funny!
Nate looked very puzzled and said, "This is a HOTEL????" We all giggled and said of course, they just have a restaurant that we can come to and they have a pool, meeting rooms and sleeping rooms. He was just amazed. He said, "I didn't know there were hotels in Bismarck!"
Makes sense, I guess. We never stay in a hotel in Bismarck and we haven't had company except to stay at our house for a long time.
Too funny!
Thursday, January 1, 2009
The Party's Over
Wow! What a busy time we have had around here!
Before Christmas, it seemed we had something going every day - soccer, dance, choir concert, Lorie Line concert, last minute Blenders concert, staff party, potluck lunch, church play practices, baking a birthday cake for Jesus, making yummy foods to share, picking up Grandma in Garrison, buying and wrapping gifts. What a whirlwind!
For Christmas Eve, all three kids were in the church play. Megan was a narrator, Karli the Gentle Donkey, and Nate was a shepherd. I will share photos when we get our computer fixed (more on that in a minute). Then I played piano for the children's choir to sing during Mass. The kids did a great job and it went quite smoothly.
After church, we went to my brother Karl's house to have dinner and open gifts with them. Karl grilled filet mignon, Michelle made lobster tails and jumbo shrimp, garlic mashed potatoes, veggies, noodles, chicken nuggets (for the kids), and we had tons of goodies for dessert, of course.
We had a fun evening of opening gifts, laughing and sharing stories of Christmases past. Jon got RockBand for the Wii so we had to all try it out right away. We left their house about 10:30pm or so. Jon and I finished cleaning up the house and decided to take the tutorials on the RockBand. I made it until about midnight, but Jon stayed up until 2:00 am!
Santa made it to our house and we all opened our goodies Christmas morning. We had a great "jamma" (pajama) day. Naps were taken, sled rides given behind the four-wheeler, and plenty of RockBand played. Karl & Michelle and kids came out for the afternoon, too. Oma made soup and we had an easy supper.
We gave Megan an MP3/camera/video camera for Christmas and Jon was going to load the software on the computer. The laptop was locked up, so he ended up doing a hard shut-down and it never came back. The screen just was black and lifeless. We took it in to the shop and they reported that there was some sort os short on the motherboard. It could be repairable, but didn't seem to make sense with the cost of a new computer. I sure felt naked without a computer at home for a week!! Thank goodness I have a smartphone and can still receive email that way. :)
Thursday night we heard reports of another big snow storm, so Jon and Grandma decided to hit the road back to Garrison at about 10:30 pm. Jon returned just before 1:00am.
Friday we did a little shopping - Grandma had given the kids each some money so they wanted to finish their Christmas shopping.
The rest of the weekend was nice and low-key. We just kind of hung out. It was a very nice change from all the hustle.
For New Year's Eve, we decided not to risk the roads and travel to Minot to party with Mel & Jay, so we had a couple families out for a party. My parents and their good friends also joined us. We all officially toasted the new year on Eastern time instead of Central. Our guests headed home shortly after that. We finished straightening up and went to bed about 12:15. I'm so impressed we made it that far.
Today, Jon and I decided to go shopping for a new computer. We found this beauty at Best Buy. It's amazing how reliant I have become on the computer! Jon also had a Kirkwood Mall gift card so he got a new digital camera. Maybe he'll let me use some of his pictures on the blog soon.
We are taking the new computer in to the shop tomorrow so they can transfer all the old info to it. Then we should be back up and running at full speed.
So, if you've made it this far in my rambling, we did have a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year so far. Hopefully yours was just as great!
Before Christmas, it seemed we had something going every day - soccer, dance, choir concert, Lorie Line concert, last minute Blenders concert, staff party, potluck lunch, church play practices, baking a birthday cake for Jesus, making yummy foods to share, picking up Grandma in Garrison, buying and wrapping gifts. What a whirlwind!
For Christmas Eve, all three kids were in the church play. Megan was a narrator, Karli the Gentle Donkey, and Nate was a shepherd. I will share photos when we get our computer fixed (more on that in a minute). Then I played piano for the children's choir to sing during Mass. The kids did a great job and it went quite smoothly.
After church, we went to my brother Karl's house to have dinner and open gifts with them. Karl grilled filet mignon, Michelle made lobster tails and jumbo shrimp, garlic mashed potatoes, veggies, noodles, chicken nuggets (for the kids), and we had tons of goodies for dessert, of course.
We had a fun evening of opening gifts, laughing and sharing stories of Christmases past. Jon got RockBand for the Wii so we had to all try it out right away. We left their house about 10:30pm or so. Jon and I finished cleaning up the house and decided to take the tutorials on the RockBand. I made it until about midnight, but Jon stayed up until 2:00 am!
Santa made it to our house and we all opened our goodies Christmas morning. We had a great "jamma" (pajama) day. Naps were taken, sled rides given behind the four-wheeler, and plenty of RockBand played. Karl & Michelle and kids came out for the afternoon, too. Oma made soup and we had an easy supper.
We gave Megan an MP3/camera/video camera for Christmas and Jon was going to load the software on the computer. The laptop was locked up, so he ended up doing a hard shut-down and it never came back. The screen just was black and lifeless. We took it in to the shop and they reported that there was some sort os short on the motherboard. It could be repairable, but didn't seem to make sense with the cost of a new computer. I sure felt naked without a computer at home for a week!! Thank goodness I have a smartphone and can still receive email that way. :)
Thursday night we heard reports of another big snow storm, so Jon and Grandma decided to hit the road back to Garrison at about 10:30 pm. Jon returned just before 1:00am.
Friday we did a little shopping - Grandma had given the kids each some money so they wanted to finish their Christmas shopping.
The rest of the weekend was nice and low-key. We just kind of hung out. It was a very nice change from all the hustle.
For New Year's Eve, we decided not to risk the roads and travel to Minot to party with Mel & Jay, so we had a couple families out for a party. My parents and their good friends also joined us. We all officially toasted the new year on Eastern time instead of Central. Our guests headed home shortly after that. We finished straightening up and went to bed about 12:15. I'm so impressed we made it that far.
Today, Jon and I decided to go shopping for a new computer. We found this beauty at Best Buy. It's amazing how reliant I have become on the computer! Jon also had a Kirkwood Mall gift card so he got a new digital camera. Maybe he'll let me use some of his pictures on the blog soon.
We are taking the new computer in to the shop tomorrow so they can transfer all the old info to it. Then we should be back up and running at full speed.
So, if you've made it this far in my rambling, we did have a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year so far. Hopefully yours was just as great!
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